Investigation of tick-borne viruses as pathogens of humans in South Africa and evidence of Dugbe virus infection in a patient with prolonged thrombocytopenia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-361

  Burt, F J ^a,b   Spencer, D C ^a   Leman, P A ^a   Patterson, B ^a   Swanepoel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029896404     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800052687     Document Type: Article

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